Watching a Few Video's on Darkness Falls and a Crazy Thought For a Mod Came to Mind.

[MycroftCanadaNS]

I'm watching a few Darkness Falls videos, and while sitting there I thought one way players could communicate with each other is by courier pigeon.

If your out in the field you just write a note, attach it to a carrier pigeon you carry with you, and it will fly to whomever you address it too or to your home base, and so on. Instead of typing in the chat, just write out a note, and off goes the pigeon and will return when it the recipient decides to just release it, or send a return message.

Of course before you can do this you have to learn how to through a magazine or whatever the modder decides to do.

Just a thought folks.

[william_es]

Would the mod bring them back from extinction?

The species commonly referred to as carrier pigeons don't exist anymore.

[MycroftCanadaNS]

Originally posted by william_es:

Would the mod bring them back from extinction?

The species commonly referred to as carrier pigeons don't exist anymore.

Why not, zombies don't exist.

[Crater Creator]

How do you acquire a pigeon? Does it need anything to live, like food & water? Will zombies chase it? Is it vulnerable to attack? How does it navigate the game world? What if the recipient is sealed up somewhere? Is your pigeon identifiable from others? Can a third party intercept it and see the message? Could you follow the pigeon to discover a rival player’s base in PvP? Would text chat be disabled so you have to use pigeons, and if not, why would you?

Lots of things are doable, but the first phase would be to iron out the design.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Crater Creator:

How do you acquire a pigeon? Does it need anything to live, like food & water? Will zombies chase it? Is it vulnerable to attack? How does it navigate the game world? What if the recipient is sealed up somewhere? Is your pigeon identifiable from others? Can a third party intercept it and see the message? Could you follow the pigeon to discover a rival player’s base in PvP? Would text chat be disabled so you have to use pigeons, and if not, why would you? :cozybrawlhalla1:

Lots of things are doable, but the first phase would be to iron out the design.

Doesn't seem necessary to have something like this in the game since it's set in modern-ish times and the undead turbo vultures would likely eat all of them anyway. I think the devs could more easily implement a radio system.

[Sundaysmiles]

Originally posted by Crater Creator:

How do you acquire a pigeon?

10 Feathers
5 Raw Meat
2 Glue
Requires workbench

[thestile]

In a game where you can make a daggone turret with auto targeting, you should be able to craft an iPhone at the workbench, for you and your buddies. Hehe

[Nisk Philadelphia]

prime example of useless bloat by the OP

forcing people to only use one system is a detriment, having no other options is also a detriment. You want multiple options with their own upsides and downsides in order for something to be well done.

If you want to expand communication, you have to add MULTIPLE options for people to use in the first place.
Here's a example.
HAM radio for long range communications
short range portable walkie-talkies
carrier pidgeons
mail (as a trading post service)
face to face conversation
player written notes and books.

[Lone Wolf]

The robot homing pigeon from the Mach 5. (Mach 5 sold separately)

[Trooper Bri]

I have a perky British drone in vanilla. One I can fill with beer, food, ammo, and all kinda goodness to send my friends if we're going down this rabbit hole.

Why birb?